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As you’ve probably heard by now, Windows 10 will see the illustrious return of the Start menu — except it isn’t quite the Start menu that you’re used to from Windows 7 and Vista. In fact, it’s better! The Windows 10 Start menu is the best Start menu yet. There, I said it.

I installed Windows 10 Technical Preview. Actually, I was so brave (foolhardy?) that I upgraded my main Windows 8.1 installation to Windows 10. The good news: The upgrade process went very smoothly indeed. The bad news: Well, except for a few small interface quirks, there doesn’t seem to be much bad news. Read on for my early hands-on impressions of Windows 10 Technical Preview — and a video of Windows 10 Technical Preview running on my multi-monitor desktop PC.

At 11.6-inches and with an incredibly sharp display, the XPS 11 is among the most portable and touch-friendly of devices that call themselves convertibles. Still packing laptop-class power, Dell has recently dropped the price to just $650. That’s a discount of nearly 50%.

Microsoft’s unveil of Windows 10 yesterday was one of the most humble, apologetic things I’ve ever seen in technology. After years of defending Windows 8’s weird mashup of new Metro and old Desktop, there wasn’t a glimmer of hubris or righteousness on the face of Microsoft’s Myerson or Belfiore as they showed off an early version of Windows 10. Windows 10 is basically the upgraded version of Windows 7 that we’ve always asked for — but is that a good thing?

There are times where “pretty good” doesn’t cut it, and price is less important. But just because you’re willing to spend doesn’t mean you can’t score some sweet savings too. Right now you can grab a powerful Alienware 17 gaming laptop for $1,923 with a $50 gift card. That’s $425 in total savings with the gift card,…

Microsoft has unveiled Windows 10 — not Windows 9, but Windows 10. The event in San Francisco was mostly what we expected: Microsoft wants to make Windows 10 a killer OS for all of those disaffected mouse-and-keyboard users — both consumers like you and I, and also the big enterprise customers who were rather displeased with Windows 8’s Metro interface. Read on to find out about Windows 10’s new features and changes from Windows 8.